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    How do you use a tuner in matches?

    this is similar to how tuner use was originally explained to me by a tuner maker...before everyone started claiming them as the cure for any load, anytime according to him, you needed a good load already, then you adjust it to fine tune things for small day to day changes...you didnt just...
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    I'll Post This Here - Hornady's Podcast #50. I thought it was one of their best, but some reloaders might not like what they see....

    this is how i finally settled on evaluating and doping my rifles the ones i fire at 100, need to be 1/2 moa or better average...pretty much all of them...and on the point of aim when i move to 400, be it 2, 3, 5, etc shots...they still better fall in the 1/2-3/4moa range, also on POA when i...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    I’ve saw 003-.005 over a 200ish round match typically back when I measured…that’s 200 rounds fired quickly in a 90 sec par time setting and usually in matches were temps were 80-100°
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    Why might Avg. Velocity change between reloading sessions?

    No sir, sure haven’t He cover something similar?
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    Gotcha, I’d bet the Valkyrie thing works out for you I’ve duplicated a lot of hornady 6/6.5 factory ammo and if shot the factory well, it shot my duplicate even a little better…I can hold specs on my small scale production way better than hornady lol Long time ago I shot factory hornady 75...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    i agree with all that...ill be the first to admit, i left factory rifles behind long ago...i still have some, but they are more for looks than their performance (lever guns, single shot falling blocks, etc) in those factory rifles that shot certain factory ammo bad...did the reloaded components...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    figure of speech...the same people are hounding me about their load work up...we have on going discussions back and forth over the years...ill use a better word next time for you
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    id be curious to see what a handful of 10 shot groups of 15 off vs 75 off looked like ive never shot any badlands, maybe they respond to how my VLDs did...that looks similar to what i saw with my VLDs
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    ive hounded people on this for years...they follow load work up instructions from BR experts or f class shooters using joystick rests and special bags...all the while shooting from a bipod and rear squeeze bag or a hunting rifle off sand bags theyre not going to be able to resolve the same...
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    Why might Avg. Velocity change between reloading sessions?

    Slightly older post, but i found my old testing excel sheet related to this... i took loaded ammo that i had been shooting just as a standard for before and after to make sure it's velocity remained relatively the same then i made 4 different 10 round batches... 1 loaded fresh 1 left the...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    we had similar paths...i started off worrying about always having the jump correct. was always tweaking loads. Eventually got around to loading it at a spot and shooting it until it quits...and on those barrels that i shot 1 load until it quit, i was never able to bring them back by redoing any...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    doesnt answer the question...i know the differences in bullets...i shoot the ones i shoot for a reason how do bullets with more forgiving designs at the throat...also account for various muzzle exit timing? unless litz is implying similar to my posed question, that how the bullet is handed off...
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    What seating depth is actually doing...actual node or just pass/fail?

    Not sure where to begin...but jump testing is something we all see a lot, and it typically the discussion goes back to bullet timing/barrel vibrations/etc...along those lines. one thing that has always hung in my mind is "forgiving" bullets...how are bullets "forgiving" if the whole idea of...
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    OCW Results (Confirm nodes)

    O I was clear on the point you were tryin to make
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    OCW Results (Confirm nodes)

    You are one bad mf’er to shoot the difference in +/- .02 gr lol
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    OCW Results (Confirm nodes)

    It’s common for barrels to speed up in the first 100-300 rounds when new…when it happens in that range just depends on the barrel
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    I'll Post This Here - Hornady's Podcast #50. I thought it was one of their best, but some reloaders might not like what they see....

    I have so many random images on my phone from years ago can’t remember what all is from what lol but these are 2 examples I could recognize These are from when I was still testing random stuff, before I finally settled in on the 10 shots/0.5gr apart method I mentioned above that I have been...
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    I'll Post This Here - Hornady's Podcast #50. I thought it was one of their best, but some reloaders might not like what they see....

    none are where they are based on any shooting tests/results if that makes sense...ive measured where the lands are with each particular bullet, then i randomly picked 20/50/75/100 off to start with and loaded them there...then shot over a chrono to get to the speed i want, never gone back and...
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    I'll Post This Here - Hornady's Podcast #50. I thought it was one of their best, but some reloaders might not like what they see....

    100 yd BR specifically because at 100 yds is where most people are doing their load test so most applicable to this discussion...they have very specialized equipment...wind flags...adjusting aim/firing cycles based on conditions...some change loads constantly on the fly to achieve the results...